there's no denying the important political process that has been made many burma -- in burma, and the united states has been strongly supportive of the burmese people and the burmese government as they pursued these reforms. you know, one high profile piece of evidence about that progress is that, was the election that was conducted just in the last few months that allowed if the peaceful democratic transfer of power. so an important development in that country's history and is indicative of the important progress they're making in pursuing a long overdue political reform. at the same time, the united states wants to continue to further incentivize democratic reforms and continue to pressure targeted individuals and entities including the military so that the work of reforming that government continues. there obviously is more work that needs to be done, and the sanctions that remain in place do serve to pressure those entities that may be advocating for rolling back some of those reforms. so the government's made important progress. we want them to build on that momentum. and that's

and while there is hope for new government in burma and we've been pushing for democracy in burma, it is making progress, but it must now perform for all burmese, including the rohingya population. i hope to hear that we are making the protection of this persecuted minority one of our priorities. finally no discussion of asia is complete without mentioning its dynamic economies. we must continue efforts to open new markets for our businesses. and build the capacity of tomorrow's trade partners. trade can play a key role in strengthening u.s. alliances. the united states has played a critical role in asia. our power and presence helped shape the economic miracles. when we think about what happened in japan and in south korea, and taiwan, all vibrant democracies today, but that proud legacy has to be protected through constant vigilance and engagement. mr. engel will be here momentarily and will move to introduce mr. blinken and have your testimony. and then we'll hear from the ranking member when he arrives. thank you, tony. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much and to members of the co

we need to work with that new government frankly in burma to shape attitudes toward the rohingya. and you're going to have to continue to lean in on that. on the vietnam human rights issue, i just got to share with you, we've got the case of the human rights lawyer new indictment who was arrested in december for his advocacy of human rights, his advocacy of democracy. according to his wife he was severely beaten by the police. he's been in solitary confinement since his arrest. he was denied access to his lawyers and family . will the president push for his release? i think this is very necessary.>> mister chairman, i appreciate the comments. first on the rohingya, we have been very focused on working to get the government in burma to protect their rights. when i was there most recently a couple months ago, i raise this repeatedly including with on some tuesday. we are looking for the government to give them freedom of movement so they can work and go to school and get healthcare and end discrimination, we're working on it. with vietnam, absolutely. i think the president will enga

of the burma government as they pursue these reforms. one high profile piece of evidence is that election that was conducted just in the last few months that allowed for the eaceful democratic transfer of power. and it is indicative of the power they are pursuing. at the same time. , the united states wants to nsent ta advise and pressure entities, including the military so that the work of reforming that government continues and there is more work that needs to be done. and the sanctions that remain in place do serve to pressure those advocating t may be for rolling back from those reforms. so that the government has made important progress and we want them to build on that momentum. and that's why the recalibrated sanctions will move forward, but there are entities that are obstacles to needed reform and we continue to apply pleasure against those entities so we can hopefully nurture the continued rogress that burma has made. eporter: [inaudible question] mr. earnest: because there are -- reporter: [inaudible question] mr. earnest: and

when i was growing up, she theribed her father as donald trump of burma. i don't know if she would say that today. she fell in love. she came to america. charlie: with a man from singapore? born iny father was beijing. during the war, while mfather and his mom and hifive siblings were fleeing the communists because my dad's father was part of the chain kai-shek government. for athey were -- two-week timeframe when my father was 17 and my mother was 15, my dad's family was holed up in my mom's home in rangoon, burma. he is saying this beautiful 15-year-old empress. my mom was very la di da. for 10ote love letters years and he made sure to get her an application to the university of tennessee in knoxville. my dad was studying for his masters at the university of florida. and he's dead -- here is a and he said here is a program. 10 years of letter writing. she comes over. he brings her to tennessee. charlie: she wanted you to be on the air. planted the idea in my head. in the 1970's, my mom is cooking dinner and we are watching the local news and i see and as

countries in the region like vietnam and burma taking these issues much more seriously because of our engagement. and so that may reduce the risks of north korea selling weapons or fissile material to other countries or mutting it out on the black market. but it does not, so far at least, solve the core problem of north korea containing its program. and we're going to have to work in a concerted way. in the meantime i've been working with the pentagon for several years now on making sure that we can develop the kinds of defense architecture that can protect the united states and our allies from an unexpected escalation. carol. >> can you give us a sense of conversations that you have had so far, what they are saying to you, you do them, particularly now that donald trump is the nominee and he recently said that japan should pay for the u.s. troop presence there. but also on the democratic side, what they are saying about that and what you think about that. because it is obviously continuing to be divisive with bernie sanders saying he would take it to the convention and he's endorsed

when i was growing up, she described her father as the donald trump of burma. i don't know if she would say that today. she fell in love. came to america. charlie: with a man from singapore or a man from burma? julie: no, my father was born in beijing. and during the war, while my father and his mom and his five siblings were fleeing the communists, because my dad's father was part of the chain kai-shek government. and for a two-week timeframe when my father was 17 and my mother was 15, my dad's family was holed up in my mom's home in rangoon, burma. so he is seeing this beautiful 15-year-old empress. my mom was very la-di-da. they wrote love letters for 10 years, and he made sure to get her an application to the university of tennessee in knoxville. because my dad was studying for his masters at the university of florida. and he said, here is a program. it's about an 11 hour drive from where i am. you could get into the program here and we could be together in the same country. ,o 10 years of letter writing she comes over. he brings her to tennessee, and she n

the government of burma has made significant progress across a number of important areas since 2011. including the release of over 1,300 pli political prisoners, a peaceful and competitive election, the signing of a nation-wide ceasefire agreement with eight ethnic armed groups, the discharge of hundreds of child soldiers from the military, steps to improve labor standards, and expanding political space for civil society to have a greater voice in shaping issues critical to burma's future. in addition, burma has a signatory of the international -- has become a signatory of the international atomic energy agency's additional protocol and ratified the biological weapons convention. significant steps toward supporting global nonproliferation, despite these strides, the situation of the country continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the united states. concerns persist regarding continued obstacles to full civilian control of the government, the ongoing conflict in human rights abuses in the country, particularly an ethnic mino

i want zwloi where the body was found this afternoon off burma road near the eastern span of the bridge. pete suratos has more. what have they found? >> a person in the area was having lunch, taking a picture and they stumbled across the headless torso right over here where you're looking on the rocks and investigators are trying to determine how the body got there in the first place. oakland police examining what's left of a human body found washed onto rocks in the bay bridge. >> there's many currents that could carry a torso from other areas within the bay. >> the torso was found just off of burma road by someone who was taking pictures during their lunch break. they believe it's of a young male. it appears it may have been in the water for a long time. >> it appears the body may have been in the water for at least a month, if not longer, possibly the rocks for a number of days. >> reporter: the coroner will examine the body in hopes of getting answers to some of the biggest questions. >> we're going to determine whether someone had an accident maybe through boating, if we possibly h

countries in the region like vietnam and burma taking these issues much more seriously because of our engagement. risks that may reduce the weapons korea selling othersile material to countries, or putting it out on the black market. it does not solve the core problem of north korea continuing to develop its , and we are going to have to continue to work in a concerted way. in the meantime, i have been working with the pentagon for several years on making sure we can develop the kinds of defense architecture that can protect the united states and our allies exculpationpected -- exculpation -- escalation. >> you said before when you talk about where leaders they often ask you about the presidential election. can you give us a sense of conversations you have had so far, ridiculously now that donald trump is the nominee and he has said that japan should presence.e u.s. troop also on the democratic side what they are saying, and what you think of that as they are continuing to be divisive with bernie sanders saying he will take it to the convention, and he has endorsed your democratic pri

look at the historical elections that took place in burma, nigeria, sri lanka even in venezuela. the lesson i take from that is that if we have patience and determination and stick with these efforts and with these programs, we are going to win more victories than defeats. that is where the funding you provide my bureau, through our human rights and democracy fund comes in. it is about $85 million. we like to think of it as our venture capital fund for freedom. we are using it to get news, knowledge and get -- entertainment into north korea, an effort that is changing minds and awakening expectations in the most closed society on earth. we are using it to support the legal defense of political activists and dissidents in multiple countries. we are using it to support political prisoners in burma so they can contribute to building democracy and fight the religious hatreds that threatens democracy. we are using it to deploy cutting-edge technology that breaks through china's great firewall and protect activists in dozens of countries from cyberattacks and cyber intrusions. we are u

tomorrow, was also in asia today, to offer support for the new government in myanmar, formerly known as burma. kerry met with nobel laureate aung san suu kyi, who led her party to a sweeping victory in last year's parliamentary elections. she is the nation's de facto leader and officially, its foreign minister. kerry urged the civilian-led government to stay on its course of democratic reform. kerry also met with the commander of myanmar's armed forces. under the country's constitution, the military retains a quarter of the seats in the country's parliament. kerry said that needs to change before the u.s. lifts its remaining sanctions. the obama administration last week lifted sanctions on 10 state-run companies and banks imposed during myanmar's military rule. egypt has deployed a robotic submarine to the mediterranean sea, where egyptair flight 804 disappeared on thursday. in his first remarks since the crash, egyptian president abdel- fattah el-sissi said today the sub can operate 10,000 feet below the water's surface and will search for the black boxes- - the cockpit voice and data record

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the torso was discovered off burma road in west oakland yesterday. it blocks to a young male. the fact it was in the water for weeks is probably how the body lost its limbs. >> there's many currents in the bay that could carry a torso 0. >> investigators will try to identify the person the torso belongs to and explain how it ended up in the bay. >>> new details on a disturbing fire in vallejo. the father accused of killing his own 5-year-old son and severely injuring the boy's mother is in jail. darylon shumake turned himself into police. the boy's mother is in critical condition. shumake was despondent and made comments about suicide. >>> we are learning more information about a deadly train crash that took the life of a mother and child earlier in the week. a construction zone might have caused the mother's car to get trapped on the tracks. that happened tuesday. the 30-year-old mother and her 3-year-old daughter were killed. witnesses say their suv was stopped on the tracks when a train barrelled into it. >> we are working with amtrak closely not only to get video from thei

nicole: thank you like burma and washington. lauren: mexican president vincent jay fox apologized and after strongly criticizing trump for strongly criticizing lauren simonetti wall between mexico and the united states. in an interview, fox that forgiveness is one of the greatest qualities human beings have. but a quality of a compassionate leader. vincent jay fox will be on risk and reward tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. nicole: democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders campaigning in kentucky to build on his momentum. >> now we are moving to west virginia and he and oregon and was then that my chance to win on thursday. [applause] i want to thank all of you for your help here in kentucky. i think that we have the message that canon will win in the state. nicole: analysts say will be hard to catch up to clinton's delegate count. the seven contests clinton needs to win less than 200 delegates to muck up the nominee. lauren: clinton trying to tell their position on the coal industry. >> and clear we need a transition to

countries in the region like vietnam and burma taking these issues more seriously because of our engagement. that may reduce the risks of north korea selling weapons or material to other countries and putting it on the black market. it does not so far at least solve the core problem of north korea continuing to develop its program. we will have to continue to work in a concerted way. in the meantime, you know, i have been working with the pentagon for several years now on making sure we can develop the kinds of defense architecture that can protect the united states and our allies from an inspected escalation. carol. >> thank you. you said before that when you talked to world leaders, they often ask about the presidential election. can you give us a sense of conversations that you had so far and what they are saying to you and you are saying to them. particularly now donald trump is the nominee. he recently said that japan should pay for the u.s. troop presence there. also on the democratic side, what they are saying about that and what you think about that. obviously that is continuing to

and india, burma would be the next target. so i think we should stay and we should make it clear as ambassador large is now making it clear that while we want to help, we don't see a successful ending to this war unless the people will support it and the people will not support the effort if the government continues to follow the policy of the past two months. i hope that'll be clear to the government. it should be. after all, they've been conducting this struggle for ten years and i admire what the president has done. he's been counted out a number of times. i'm hopeful that he will come to see that they have to reestablish their relationship. but we ought to remember that they're the ones that are dying by the thousands and they're the ones who have to win this war or they're the ones who will lose it. we can't do either. we can assist them to win it and we can warn them against losing it but the united states is not the ... we don't have troops en masse who are dying by the thousands and we do the best we can to make it cle

it was floating near the rocks near burma road not far from the toll plaza. take a look at video. the contractor was taking pictures of the bridge and the bay when he looked down and saw the torso. it was on the rockets there. it was partially clothed. >> a young male. we don't know the race at this time because the tore so is so decompo decomposed. they do believe it's been in the water at least a month, maybe a little bit longer. >> we do not expect it to have any impact with regard to the bringing down of the old bay bridge. that up process will continue. >> because the tore so is so badly decomposed it will likely take dna testing to determine the identity. the coroner saw no signs from trauma. >> more about the third suspect in the murder of a millbrae plan. this third spukd suspect is olivier adella a little known figure in a high profile homicide case. tonight, abc7 news reporter vic lee has new details awell as a very revealing and important document. >> reporter: he's a mixed martial arts fighter. he's had some success in the ring. this is the third murder suspect oh live

authorities say he spotted human remains on the rocks off burma road right at the foot of the bay bridge. homicide investigators say it was a partially decomposed torso missing a head, arms and legs. police say the alameda county coroner -- coroner's office determined the remains belonged to a young adult man although the race of that man is unclear. a construction crew remodeling a home made a startling discovery. the workers found a tiny coffin and inside that coffin the well preserved body of a little girl. ktvu's rob roth spoke to the homeowner who's now ensuring that the child is given a second proper burial. >>> while remodeling this home in san francisco's richmond district here in the back, about three feet under the garage, it was writing here. >> just underneath this. >> reporter: workers felt something with their shovels. it was a small coffin made of metal. >> it was weird. it was sharp. >> reporter: they called the homeowner who was out of town. >> on the one hand, slightly creepy. and then also sad. and then the next thing was, now what do we do? >> reporter: she called the

a torso was found at the end of burma road at the near the foot of the bridge. eric thomas live now with the details. >> reporter: larry, gruesome indeed, enough to shake anyone, the discovery made just after noon today on the rocks on the oakland side of the bay just a few dozen yards south ever the old bay bridge which is being demolished. police say a contractor on his lunch break was taking pictures of the bridge and the bay when he looked down and he saw that partially clothed tors soy. he called 911 and soon oakland police officers were crawling all over the area looking for clues. they don't know the identity or even the race of the victim at this point, but the medical examiner was able to figure out a few things. >> right now the coroner believes that there's no trauma to the body, that this may have been just an accident, but always very difficult to say. we're not going to rule anything out. we'll look at everything. what we are looking at is a young male. we don't know the race at this time because the torso is so decompo decomposed. they do believe

i have seen refugees from somalia, the congo, nepal, burma ago, whohree years came after the iraqi invasion. i would have some hope. i agree with you. i think that america, as a country, the culture in america is very helpful for newcomers to integrate. i purposely never had the problem in integrating and meeting new people and talking to americans, or anything like that. so, i do not know if i understood your question very well. but if i did, i think that the u.s. as a culture would be very helpful for you to integrate. but then, if your question is what would happen next? what would happen when the war ends? i believe there is no, like you can leave whenever you want. i do not think anyone would make you stay where you do not want to. >> one of the things that i have noticed that is much more engaged by the syrian-american community, and i broadly defined have since many lebanese syrian dissent. escent. and the arab-american community at the institute, the medical association, a number of organizations are engaged not just in providing money, but they are becoming more, you know, engaged

i've seen refugees from somalia and the congo, nepal, burma, from really different countries really getting their way here. refugees from iraq a few years ago who came after the iraq invasion. so i would have some hope. but maybe -- >> well, i agree with you. i think that america as a country, the culture in america is very helpful for newcomers to integrate. so i certainly never had a problem in integrating and meeting new people and talking to americans or anything like that. so -- so i don't know if i understood your question very well, but if i did, then i think that the u.s. as a culture would be very helpful for you to integrate, but then if your question is what would happen next? what would happen when peace -- when the war ends? i believe that there is no -- like, you can leave whenever you want. i don't think anyone would make you stay where you don't want to. >> one of the things that i've noticed is much more engagement by the syrian-american community and a broadly divined syrian-american community since many syrians -- many lebanesers have syrian descent. so the arab-american

rhodes was at the forefront of our policy effort to transform our diplomatic relationship with burma and to encourage the democracy that was forming there. he's also played a leading role in trying to establish these programs that are focused on cultivating young leaders in regions across the country in helping them, giving them access to the united states and cementing our relationship with them. ben has had a very broad policy portfolio at the white house and he's carried out his responsibilities honorably and with distinction and i think everybody here at the white house is quite proud to work with mr. rhodes. reporter: no one has told him that they considered his comments in "the new york times" magazine article to have been ill-advised? mr. earnest: not that i'm aware of. reporter: last question on him and following up on the earlier questions. i take it from your comments in saying that you're reviewing the letter from congressman chaffetz, that the white house is not reflexively asserting an executive privilege claim with respect to this request. mr. earnest: that's right. rep

accommodates so they can access the educational opportunities and then to eliminate promptly a hostile and burma. so here is what i say. imagine you were the parents of a freshman you get a letter that says mr. and mrs. jones we're so happy your son will be starting at the university in the fall label be ready to receive him on campus to get him acclimated in the dorm. you might want to know there is a one edified chance that while he is here he may be a victim of a drive-by shooting. what is so vexing is the other shooters are students but we have a program how to learn to be prevent to be shot in an office to go to to deal with the trauma but we can do anything with the shooters thank you for your tuition money record to seeing him in the fall. [laughter] who would send their child into harm's way like that? no one so does he have to think and other terms we have to think about violence against women in the rights to bodily integrity so we talk about that if i invite you to read house for an hour and after half an hour i want you to leave you have to leave then we say property rights we get th

reporter: looking at the golden gate bridge and couldn't tell from the vantage point this will max out of burma which every like a thug who go to some of the most dishonest eye condition but the pattern is in pretty much stone to go and the general direction for the rest of the week. again the central for is a lot more sunshine and temperatures dropping just about a today you said the seven did not for the east bayshore line lower middle seven is a worker looks like a job and over the east. >>reporter: with cold air will make a couple of questions on the storm to the measure and that should clear up in time for the weekend. >>robin winston: with tracking the ride across the golden gate bridge the ride on 11 nice and smooth at the limit in both directions >>james: howe president obama spoke with the media partners and cnn and said if the u.s. had not launched a raid when it did he may have slipped away he held from the terrorist organization and orchestrated the september 11th to attack and marking five years since his death. >>darya: this photo, showing water flooding the street. >>darya:a brok

i've seen refugees from somalia and nepal and burma, really getting their way here. refugees from iraq a few years ago who came after the iraq invasion. i would have some hope. but maybe -- >> well, i agree with you. i think that america as a country, the culture in america is very helpful for new comers to integrate. i personally never had a problem in interdg rating and talking to americans or anything like that. so i don't know if i understood your question very well but if i did, then i think i think that the u.s. as a culture would be very helpful for i to integrate. but then if your question is what would happen next? what would happen with peace -- when the war ends? i believe that there is no -- like you can leave whenever you want. i don't think anyone would make you stay where you don't want to. sfl one of the things i noticed is much more engagement by the syrian american community and largely broadly defined since many have syrian descent. the arab-american community in the arab-american institute, syrian-american medical association, i mean, a number of

and on the transition in burma, on the new government in taiwan, in taipei. so many issues for us to continue to collaborate on, and deputy secretary, thank you again. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. >> we stand adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> in about an hour donald trump holds a campaign rally in charleston, west virginia. he'll speak to supporters starting at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> and earlier today senate majority leader harry reid held a conference call with reporters and shared his thoughts on donald trump being the presumptive republican nominee. here's part of that now. . so today for sure, donald chump is the republican nominee. it hasn't sunk in for me yet but it is the reality. the republicans obviously -- inherited as well as we know from the university what's worse is the vision every place he steps. by nominating donald trump is in evolution that defined itself entirely and i repeat i've seen it up real close for seven and a half years. cutting taxes and not spending in the middle class we don't do anything to help low-wage

in burma or the 6 4 mi. near so that. the fires stopped growing. it then surged to near 4,000 a. because strong winds. the reports of any injuries and no homes were threatened. in southern california 1 and 83 a. have an arm and a brush fire in loss and loss in the national forest. 700 firefighters are fighting the blaze. containment is down 35 percent tinkly no homes are a friend firefighter. sorry about some power lines in the area. firefighters to get some help with some light rain in the forecast in southern california. the help data contained by this evening. >> mark: good news for women whose socially gobby paying for their birth control. how you could soon get them for free in california. taking a live look outside the bay bridge a lot clouds and a lot of traffic at a 22 on this tuesday morning. >> darya: women in california and the private insurers could get a year worth of birth control at one time. there is a measure in the state senate to allow farmers to get out 12 months of contraceptives and to require insurance companies to pay. the insurance companies are against i

they span the globe from iran to burma. all these men and women were seen as a threat to the leaders of their nations. but i, and i agree you do as well, see them as heroes. just because they aren't fighting on a battlefield doesn't mean they aren't putting their lives on the line for the greater good of their people and their nation. in a country where we are free to express ourselves, it's hard to grasp this risk. it is difficult to imagine a prominent journalist in the united states fearing for his or her life solely for doing their job. or to fathom a popular blogger facing the death penalty solely for expressing their thoughts. well, this should be just as unimaginable to jail -p independent journalists in the rest of the world. the families of the prisoners i mentioned today have also paid a price. most of these families, they spend their days and nights unsure if they will ever again see their loved ones. there are no visiting hours. there are no phone calls. in the cases of many on death row, their families often fi

we need full implementation on that and on the transition in burma, on the new government in taiwan, in taipei. so, many issues for us to continue to collaborate on. and deputy secretary, thank you, again. mr. chairman, thank you very much. >> we stand adjourned. >>> republican presidential candidate donald trump continues on the campaign trail today. even though he's now the only republican running for the nomination. the new york businessman is going to be in west virginia which holds its primary on tuesday. he'll address supporters at a rally in charleston. c-span will have live coverage at 7:00 eastern. >>> madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. ♪ >>> tonight on "american history tv prime time" a look at the church committee set up after watergate to investigate possible illegal intelligence gathering by the cia, nsa and fbi that led to the creation of today's intelligence committees in the house and senate. it begins at 8:00 eastern with "real america" and 1975 testimony by then cia director william colby. >>> this

he's at the forefront of our policy effort to transform our diplomatic relationship with burma and to encourage the democracy that was forming there, and ben has also played a leading role in trying to establish the programs that are focused on cultivating young leaders in regions across the country in helping them, giving them access to the united states and our relationship with them. ben has had a very broad policy portfolio at the white house, and he has carried out his responsibilities honorably and with distinction, and i think everyone at the white house is quite proud to work with mr. rhodes. >> no one has told him they considered his comments in the "new york times" magazine article to be ill advised? >> not that i'm aware of. >> last question on him and following up on the questions about his request for the testimony from the house oversight committee. i take it from your comments in saying you're reviewing the letter from congressman chaffetz that the white house is not reflexively asserting executive privilege claim with response to that. >> that's correct. >> last subjec

and i've seen refugees from somalia, from the congo, from nepal, from burma, from many different countries really making their way here, refugees from iraq a few years ago who came after the iraq invasion. so i would have some hope. but maybe --. >> well, i agree with you. i think that america as a country, the culture, in america, is very helpful for newcomers to integrate. so i personally never had a problem in integrating and meeting new people and talking to americans or anything like that. so i don't know if i understood your question. f i did, then i think that the u.s. as a culture would be very helpful for you to integrate. but then if your question is, what would happen next? what would happen when peace -- when the war ends? i believe that there is no -- like you can leave whenever you want. make t think anyone would you stay where you don't want to. >> one of the things that i've noticed that is much more engagement by the syrian american community in a broadly defined syrian community since many syrians, so many lebanesers have syrian descent and so the oish american community

i have seen refugees from somalia, the congo, nepal, burma, iraq, three years ago, who came after the iraqi invasion. i would have some hope. >> well, i agree with you. i think that america, as a country, the culture in america is very helpful for newcomers to integrate. i personally never had the problem in integrating and meeting new people and talking to americans, or anything like that. so, i do not know if i understood your question very well. but if i did, i think that the u.s. as a culture would be very helpful for you to integrate. but then, if your question is what would happen next? what would happen when the war ends? i believe there is no, like you can leave whenever you want. i do not think anyone would make you stay where you do not want to. >> one of the things that i have noticed that is much more engaged by the syrian-american community, and i broadly defined that, since many lebanese have syrian descent. and the arab-american community at the institute, the medical association, a number of organizations are engaged not just in providing money, but they are becoming m